Help designing my website!

[caveman017]

I'm volunteering and redesigning this website for for this running group called Illinois Prep Top Times.

Their Current design is at their homepage Current Homepage

and here is what I have done so far
My redesign

 

[iamaelephant]

So... what do you need help with?

 

[caveman017]

your thoughts on it, changes. Note I know limited HTML, I have taught myself all what you see, so if you see a major change you would like, please be sort of instructive *n00b* alert

 

[50cent1228]

well is alot more attractive than the old one

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: caveman017
I'm volunteering and redesigning this website for for this running group called Illinois Prep Top Times.

Their Current design is at their homepage Current Homepage

and here is what I have done so far
My redesign

Why don't you make the drop-down menus a color like one of the others in the color color scheme?

Do you really need that cheesy picture of that old dude?

Times New Roman != website font

The left nav is too smashed against the left side. Give it some padding.

Gradient bg images are so 90's.

On the other hand, it is way better than the old one. The logo is nice.

 

[Accipiter22]

it looks better but that orange font with blue shadow is HIDEOUS.

 

[caveman017]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
it looks better but that orange font with blue shadow is HIDEOUS.

How do i get rid of the blue shadows? ive been trying like crazy. It shows up orange in Web Expressions

 

[caveman017]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: caveman017
I'm volunteering and redesigning this website for for this running group called Illinois Prep Top Times.

Their Current design is at their homepage Current Homepage

and here is what I have done so far
My redesign

Do you really need that cheesy picture of that old dude?


The left nav is too smashed against the left side. Give it some padding.


On the other hand, it is way better than the old one. The logo is nice.

logo made by a fellow A|T member.

Fixed the Nav lettering

Cheesy pic will be gone by the time the site goes live (as the race is next weekend

 

[iamaelephant]

Some advice from me.

1. Change the body font to Arial or a similar sans-serif font
2. Lose the blue underline on the left menu links and maybe give them a simple CSS underline on a:hover (ask if you need clarification)
3. Preferably lose the picture of the old guy

 

[50cent1228]

ya get a better/newer picture from a better camera of that old dude..that picture brings everything down

 

[George P Burdell]

http://www.oswd.org/

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: caveman017

Originally posted by: Accipiter22
it looks better but that orange font with blue shadow is HIDEOUS.

How do i get rid of the blue shadows? ive been trying like crazy. It shows up orange in Web Expressions

when you highlight the font is there a menu on the side of the screen somewhere that lets you change aspects of it?

 

[txrandom]

Your site is really "random". None of the elements really go together, and all those pictures seem really random.

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: txrandom
Your site is really "random". None of the elements really go together, and all those pictures seem really random.

Judging by your user name, you like it like that.